Dominic West used to be very adamant about his son Senan stepping again from his position as Prince William on The Crown — however it will have brought about some friction within the circle of relatives.
“He’s furious [and] can’t believe it,” West, 54, joked to Us Weekly on Sunday, January 7, at the Golden Globes pink carpet in Beverly Hills, California. “He’ll never forgive me. I’ll never forgive me either.”
West, who used to be nominated for highest actor in a drama sequence on Sunday, performed King Charles III (prior to his 2022 ascension) on Netflix’s The Crown for its ultimate two seasons. In season 5, Senan, 16, performed younger William prior to West made him step again the following 12 months.
“I didn’t really fancy doing the scene at Balmoral, telling a boy his mother has died,” West, who stocks Senan with spouse Catherine FitzGerald, informed Radio Instances in December 2023. “They invited Senan back because he did such a good job, and he was great, but I did slightly balk at that. It was unfair of me because he did want to do it, but I wouldn’t have fancied that, to be honest.”
West — who additionally stocks son Francis and daughters Dora and Christabel with FitzGerald, in addition to daughter Martha with ex Polly Astor — used to be uneasy about Senan filming the aftermath of Princess Diana’s dying. (Season 6 highlighted the overall days of Diana, performed via Elizabeth Debicki, forward of her 1997 deadly automotive crash.)
Senan used to be changed as William via actors Rufus Kampa and Ed McVey in portions 1 and a couple of of The Crown’s ultimate season, respectively. The general episodes adopted William’s early courtship with now-wife Princess Kate Middleton (Meg Bellamy). West, in the meantime, persisted to play Charles.
“It was great,” West gushed to Us on Sunday of his tenure on The Crown. “Lots of actors [who] I really respect and have a good time with … and then [filming] in beautiful places and wearing beautiful clothes and talking in funny accents. It was great.”
Regardless of taking part in his time at the Netflix drama, West did recognize sure demanding situations in taking part in the longer term king of England.
“I suppose the fact that they’re real and that you’re dealing with people’s lives that are highly traumatic at the time,” he mentioned. “And I think we were a bit sensitive about that.”
The royal protocol stopped on the finish of the paintings day, then again.
“People [would] bow all day when I was on set, and then I’d go home and my kids wouldn’t bow to me anymore,” West joked to Us. “That’s the best thing about being royal.”
With reporting via Christina Garibaldi